Erica Farber has authored numerous licensed books for Richard Scarry and Little Critter. She spends a lot of time at the East Hampton Library working with the librarians creating programmes like spelling bees, book discussions, teaching comic book classes and coaching the Battle of the Books team. She also does much of her writing at the library, which has a rich pirate collection. She has also authored numerous children's books, beginning reading books, manga books and apps. Jason Beene has worked in the video game industry since graduating from the illustration department in 2001. As the Art Director of THQ's internal studio, Helixe, he oversaw the visuals for game projects on Nintendo handhelds working on properties including PIXAR's Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and Wall-E. Currently Jason is the Art Director at MIT's GAMBIT lab which explores and innovates in the medium of gaming.